Integrated Approach to Reservoir Simulations for Evaluating Pilot CO 2 Injection in a Depleted Naturally Fractured Oil Field On-Shore Europe
Milan Pagáč (),
Vladimír Opletal,
Anton Shchipanov,
Anders Nermoen,
Roman Berenblyum,
Ingebret Fjelde and
Jiří Rez
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Milan Pagáč: MND—Moravské Naftové Doly, Úprkova 807/6, 695 01 Hodonín, Czech Republic
Vladimír Opletal: MND—Moravské Naftové Doly, Úprkova 807/6, 695 01 Hodonín, Czech Republic
Anton Shchipanov: NORCE—Norwegian Research Centre, Nygårdsgaten 112, 5008 Bergen, Norway
Anders Nermoen: NORCE—Norwegian Research Centre, Nygårdsgaten 112, 5008 Bergen, Norway
Roman Berenblyum: NORCE—Norwegian Research Centre, Nygårdsgaten 112, 5008 Bergen, Norway
Ingebret Fjelde: NORCE—Norwegian Research Centre, Nygårdsgaten 112, 5008 Bergen, Norway
Jiří Rez: CGS—Czech Geological Survey, Leitnerova 22, 658 69 Brno, Czech Republic
Energies, 2024, vol. 17, issue 11, 1-29
Abstract:
Carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS) is a necessary requirement for high-emitting CO 2 industries to significantly reduce volumes of greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere and mitigate climate change. Geological CO 2 storage into depleted oil and gas fields is the fastest and most accessible option for CCS deployment allowing for re-purposing existing infrastructures and utilizing significant knowledge about the subsurface acquired during field production operations. The location of such depleted fields in the neighborhoods of high-emitting CO 2 industries is an additional advantage of matured on-shore European fields. Considering these advantages, oil and gas operators are now evaluating different possibilities for CO 2 sequestration projects for the fields approaching end of production. This article describes an integrated approach to reservoir simulations focused on evaluating a CO 2 injection pilot at one of these matured fields operated by MND and located in the Czech Republic. The CO 2 injection site in focus is a naturally fractured carbonate reservoir. This oil-bearing formation has a gas cap and connection to a limited aquifer and was produced mainly by pressure depletion with limited pressure support from water injection. The article summarizes the results of the efforts made by the multi-disciplinary team. An integrated approach was developed starting from geological modeling of a naturally fractured reservoir, integrating the results of laboratory studies and their interpretations (geomechanics and geochemistry), dynamic field data analysis (pressure transient analysis, including time-lapse) and history matching reservoir model enabling simulation of the pilot CO 2 injection. The laboratory studies and field data analysis provided descriptions of stress-sensitive fracture properties and safe injection envelope preventing induced fracturing. The impact of potential salt precipitation in the near wellbore area was also included. These effects are considered in the context of a pilot CO 2 injection and addressed in the reservoir simulations of injection scenarios. Single-porosity and permeability reservoir simulations with a dominating fracture flow and black-oil formulation with CO 2 simulated as a solvent were performed in this study. The arguments for the choice of the simulation approach for the site in focus are shortly discussed. The reservoir simulations indicated a larger site injection capacity than that required for the pilot injection, and gravity-driven CO 2 migration pathway towards the gas cap in the reservoir. The application of the approach to the site in focus also revealed large uncertainties, related to fracture description and geomechanical evaluations, resulting in an uncertain safe injection envelope. These uncertainties should be addressed in further studies in preparation for the pilot. The article concludes with an overview of the outcomes of the integrated approach and its application to the field in focus, including a discussion of the issues and uncertainties revealed.
Keywords: carbon capture and storage; reservoir simulation; integrated approach; naturally fractured carbonate reservoir; safe injection envelope; pilot CO 2 injection (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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